(19)
(11) EP 0 849 727 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.06.1998 Bulletin 1998/26

(21) Application number: 97122322.7

(22) Date of filing: 17.12.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6G11B 7/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 18.12.1996 JP 338199/96
20.01.1997 JP 7355/97

(71) Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Suzuki, Yuki, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Okamoto, Yuuko, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Horie, Michikazu, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Kurose, Yutaka, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Maeda, Shuuichi, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa (JP)

(74) Representative: Pätzold, Herbert, Dr.-Ing. 
Steubstrasse 10
82166 Gräfelfing
82166 Gräfelfing (DE)

   


(54) Optical recording disk


(57) A high-density optical disk comprises a transparent substrate having a guide groove having a depth of 100 to 200nm, width of 0.2 to 0.4µm arranged with a track pitch of 0.7 to 1.0µm. A recording layer is made of an organic pigment exhibiting a specific main weight reduction in a thermogravimetric analysis and a specific exothermic peak in a differential thermal analysis.





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